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Thanks for writing this Instructable! Two ideas I've been thinking about that will help bring the temperature down when it comes to political "discussions": 1. If a discussion gets too hot, mention that every so often, one of the parties in our two-party system wanders away from its voter base. A new party emerges, and one of the older parties dies out. This happened last time when Abraham Lincoln, the first candidate of the new Republican party became president, and the Whig party died away. Right now, both parties seem to be beholden to special interests more than actual citizens. If it starts to turn into an argument about which party should die out, defuse and redirect -- say, "I don't think it matters; if one party goes kaput, it hopefully would be replaced by …

Thanks for writing this Instructable! Two ideas I've been thinking about that will help bring the temperature down when it comes to political "discussions": 1. If a discussion gets too hot, mention that every so often, one of the parties in our two-party system wanders away from its voter base. A new party emerges, and one of the older parties dies out. This happened last time when Abraham Lincoln, the first candidate of the new Republican party became president, and the Whig party died away. Right now, both parties seem to be beholden to special interests more than actual citizens. If it starts to turn into an argument about which party should die out, defuse and redirect -- say, "I don't think it matters; if one party goes kaput, it hopefully would be replaced by a party similar to it, only more centrist." Encourage a discussion about what policies you would both like to see in a new emergent party. 2. For those who dare: If you find yourself on the opposite side of the political spectrum someone you really do love, deep down (say, a sibling), and they are starting to look at you like you're crazy, before things get too heated, suggest comparing your news feeds. (I said, if you dare. Some of my friends say this would be impossible, but I know I could do this with my sisters, if they were visiting in person). As you scroll through emailed news feeds, pinterest home feeds, etc, don't debate any "facts" that you see mentioned there! Instead, keep mentioning that you know your loved one is smart; remind them of good decisions they've made in the past; compliment them on canny things they've done that you admire. Keep asking, how come there's so little "factual" overlap in the accounts of our news feeds? No wonder we're butting heads -- we are working off of almost entirely different sets of "facts"! Ask, what has happened to journalism? Why is information being delivered to us this way? (You are starting to locate the problem outside of yourselves; not to blame "the media," but maybe you will get some ideas about how to work around this -- this -- "media bias" is not the term I'm looking for -- this propensity for our little electronic devices to reflect ourselves back to ourselves). If you do get any workaround ideas, good heavens, let me know!!! At least, it could give you and your loved one pause; you can slow down, stop arguing, and start mulling over ways to overcome these polarizing forces.

That photo under Step 7, of the bubble-boxer punching the bubble-bag, is amazing! I will try this...

These look delicious, but complicated, so I hesitate to make them. But since we're not going anywhere much this summer, it's a maybe! What I really wanted to say is that I think you should include your dog's cute muzzle in every photo of your finished product. The way the photo was cropped in my email, a little bit of muzzle and little pink tongue were showing at the top of the photo... turned your main photo into total clickbait... it could be your signature!

Thanks for this -- Martha Stewart put out a recipe for copycat Oreos decades ago, and I never made them because her filling is made with partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (Crisco) and I haven't had that in my pantry for decades. I think Crisco is probably truer to the real Oreo filling, but this is the recipe for me. I will try this today!

Great idea to reflect the LED strip off of aluminum tape... You don't say where you put the on/off switch, but it could be behind one of the angled corners of the face frame... I don't have a 3D printer, but I'm saving this project... If I get the time, I might do some old-school kitbashing or upcycle product packaging to make something similar. Would be fun to put some "greeblies" in there -- those were the little plastic discs from battleship models. https://sites.google.com/site/millenniumfalconnotes/millenniumfalconnotes

1,000 pieces!?!? Truly this project is a child of Coronavirus and shelter-in-place. Sooo worth it, well done! I don't keep a youtube account, but I favorite'd your project here.

This is great, I'm considering making this in a homeschool co-op. I'd cut out the main pieces and the kids would detail and assemble. Thanks for the idea of vertical slits, and I may also look at getting some hole punches, because I notice kids really don't get enough practice with analog manual tools, and I'm sure they would love to pound holes with hammers!! One "mom" thing I instantly noticed is that I would have them put squares of duct tape over the legs of the brads, inside the helmet. They could put their eye out!